Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a physicist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a physicist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Physicists are scientists who study physical phenomena. They focus their research depending on their specialisation, which can range from atomic particle physics to the study of phenomena in the universe. They apply their findings for the improvement of society by contributing to the development of energy supplies, treatment of illness, game development, cutting-edge equipment, and daily use objects.

Also known as physics scholar, forensic physicist, neurologist, physics analyst, physics scientist, physics researcher, medical physicist, petrophysicist, nuclear physicist, ballist physicist, biophysicist, physics research scientist.

Professionals 94 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: palaeontologist, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
palaeontologist 79% covered physics technician 78% covered religion scientific researcher 76% covered biophysicist 76% covered demographer 74% covered physicist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from physicist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a physicist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A physicist needs 50 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • computational physics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • supercomputing information and communication technologies (icts)
  • communicate mathematical information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • spectroscopy engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • quantum technology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • quantum computing information and communication technologies (icts)
  • mathematical modelling natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • analyse experimental laboratory data information skills
  • gather experimental data information skills
  • operate scientific measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a physicist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Physicist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a physicist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.